The Municipal Council of Resistencia declared a water, climate, and operational emergency on Tuesday to prepare for potential intense rainfall linked to the El Niño phenomenon. ^[1] The Chaco provincial legislature approved on a Wednesday the suspension of the Mandatory Open, Simultaneous, and Compulsory Primaries (PASO) for the upcoming 2027 election. ^[2] Deputy Katia Blanc of the Frente Renovador, the party led by Sergio Massa, supplied the decisive 17th vote that reached the quorum and then voted in favor of the susppension, breaking with the opposion Frente Chaqueño interbloc. ^[3] The bill, promoted by Chaco Governor Leandro Zdero, susppends for one year the validity of provicial Law 2073-Q, meaning PASO will not be held in 2027 but is not permanently elminated. ^[4] The legislatr of the Argentine province of Chaco approaved a bill suspending PASO (Starnding Open Simultaneous Compulsory Primaries) for its 2027 provincial electrons, making Chaco the first Argentine province to do so. ^[5] Governor Leandro Zdero, of the Radical Civic Union, pushed for the suspension of the PASO system, which was passed by 17 votes in the local Chamber of Deputies. ^[6] The suspension of PASO in Chaco aligns with the national agenda of President Javier Milei, who seeks to eliminate the system through electoral reform, although the proposal currently lacks the support of most negotiating governors. ^[7] The opposition Peronist bloc, organized under the Frente Chaqueño, largely boycotted the legislative session, while legislator Katia Blanc of the Frente Renovador provided crucial support for the ruling coalition. ^[8]